Cotton-press clamp



(No Model.)

W. P. MOSS.

COTTON PRESS CLAMP. I No. 372,862. Patented Nov. 8, 1887.

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UNITED STATES PATENT FFicE.

WILLIAM F. MOSS, OF FITZPATRIOKS, ALABAMA.

COTTON-PRESS CLAMP:

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 372,862, dated November8, 1887.

Application filed April 12, 1887. Serial No. 234,515.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it know n that 1, WILLIAM FRANCIS Moss, of Fitzpatricks, in thecounty of Bullock and State of Alabama, have invented a new and ImprovedCotton-Press Clamp, of which the followingis'a full, clear, and exactdescription. This invention relates to cotton-press clamps,- the objectof the invention being to provide a clamp which may be quickly andeasily manipulated, and which, when in position to lock the doors of thepress together, will not be liable to accidental displacement.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forminga part ofthis specification, in which similar figures of reference indicatecorresponding parts in both the views.

Figure 1 is an end view of a portion of a press, representing the sameas provided with my improved form of clamp; and'Fig. 2 is a plan view ofthe parts illustrated in Fig. 1.

In the drawings, 10 represents the bottom of a pressing-box, 11 the enddoors, and 12 the side doors. These side doors, as usual, extend beyondthe edges of the end doors, and are provided with cleats 13, againstwhich the end doors rest. The clamps, which are shown at 14, areconnected to the upper part of these outwardlyextending portions of theside doors, each clamp consisting of a fixed section, 2, which isprovided with a shank, 3, that extends throughthe side door and is ongaged by a nut, 4, the movable sections of the clamps being shown at 5and being connected to the fixed portions 2 by pivot-pins or bolts (Nomodel.)

which are arranged in pairs, care must be taken so that these hookedpoints will extend in inverse directions, in order that they mayinterlock, as represented in Fig. 1.

In operation it will be seen that the end doors are first closed in,then the side doors, and the hooks of the clamps are engaged asrepresented in the drawings, when, after the pressing has beencompleted, a slight knock or kick will separate the hooks, and the sidedoors will fall outward to allow for the with drawal of the bale.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent- 1. In a cotton-press clamp, the combination,with the side doors, of. the hooked sections connected to said doors andhaving hooked ends or points extending in inverse directions, permittingthe same to interlock, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a cott0n-press clamp, the combination, with. the side doors, ofthe hooked sections connected through fixed sections to said doors andhaving hooked ends or points extending in inverse directions, permittingthe same to interlock, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

' WILLIAM F. MOSS.

Witnesses:

TAYLOR F. McGowEN, EUGENIUS A. BLUE.

